Competent adult refusal of medical treatment

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• DR. JOHN EMEWULU NICHOLAS OKONKWO V. MEDICAL AND DENTALPRACT (2001)→

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  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  2 April 2001

  A detailed case summary of Dr. John Emewulu Nicholas Okonkwo v. Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, exploring issues of medical ethics and a

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  • Infamous conduct in a professional respect→
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  • criminal code sections 303 and 343(1)(e)→
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  • freedom of thought, conscience and religion→
  • informed consent→
  • medical and dental practitioners act sections 15 and 16→